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A new study reveals that plants have their own “ bedtime alarm clock ” that helps them survive the night. Researchers at the University of York have discovered that plants possess an internal signal which they believe tells them 1 amount of sugar they have in their systems at dusk. Plants use sunlight to make 2 ( they ) own sugars from photosynthesis (光合作用)during the day and store them to provide energy during the night.
Plants’ ability to predict sunrise and estimate the 3 ( long ) of the night, as well as adjust metabolism (新陈代谢), 4 ( depend ) on a biological time-keeper called a circadian clock. This is a network of genes which drives rhythms of 5 ( rough ) 24 hours. Biologists think it is this signal, or so-called “ alarm ” , 6 gives plants the information they need to adjust their metabolism in the dark nighttime hours to stay alive.
The researchers discovered a set of genes 7 ( regulate ) by the chemical compound superoxide, which 8 ( associate ) with metabolic activity. And they found by stopping the production of superoxide, they also stopped the effect of sugar 9 these circadian clock genes in the evening, 10 ( reveal ) the plants’ so-called “ alarm ” .